Motorola AP-51XX - Manual (Page 328)

AP-51xx Access Point Product Reference Guide 7-30
8. Click OK to exit the screen.
7.5.2 Pinging Individual MUs
The access point can verify its link with an MU by sending WNMP ping packets to the associated MU.
Use the
Echo Test screen to specify a target MU and configure the parameters of the ping test.
To ping a specific MU to assess its connection with an access point:
1. Select Status and Statistics - > MU Stats from the access point menu tree.
2. Select the Echo Test button from within the MU Stats Summary screen
3. Specify the following ping test parameters.
Avg Num of Retries Displays the average number of retries for the MU. The number in
black represents average retries for the last 30 seconds and the
number in blue represents average retries for the last hour.
Dropped Packets Displays the percentage of packets the AP gave up as not received
on for the selected MU. The number in black represents the
percentage of packets for the last 30 seconds and the number in
blue represents the percentage of packets for the last hour.
% of Undecryptable
Pkts Displays the percentage of undecryptable packets for the MU. The
number in black represents the percentage of undecryptable
packets for the last 30 seconds and the number in blue represents
the percentage of undecryptable packets for the last hour.
NOTE An echo test initiated from the access point MU Stats Summary screen
uses WNMP pings. Therefore, target clients that are not Motorola MUs
are unable to respond to the echo test.
Station Address The IP address of the target MU. Refer to the MU Stats Summary
screen for associated MU IP address information.
Number of ping Specify the number of ping packets to transmit to the target MU.
The default is 100.
Packet Length Specify the length of each data packet transmitted to the target
MU during the ping test. The default is 100 bytes.
Packet Data Defines the data to be transmitted as part of the test.